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Security forces claimed to have recovered the bodies of two SSB constables a week after the duo were kidnapped by the suspected NEFB-S militants.          The bullet ridden bodies were spotted along the Indo-Bhutan border on Thursday.         Two more skeletons were also recovered from the same spot.

Security forces, engaged in the counterinsurgency operation in Dima Hasao district, achieved a major success when a dreaded militant was captured on Wednesday.       Identified as David Kemprai, the 45 year old Action Dimasa leader was held during a combing operation in Mahur in the afternoon.         Kemprai was the main culprit behind the killing of Rajiv Pathak, the PHE executive engineer in Haflong who was shot dead by militant inside his chamber two months back.

Despite strict vigil, Naga miscreants continue to unleash terror in Moriani along the Assam-Nagaland interstate-border.                    Suspected NSCN-K militants kidnapped four workers from  their workplace on Wednesday morning.           The incident took place at Rankham where armed militants took away the workers at gunpoint.          Search operation is in progress.

Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) has expressed shock at the killing of Chhattisgarh based journalist Sai Reddy, who according to media report, was killed by Maoist activist on Friday last. Reddy (51), a native of Basaguda village in Naxalite-hit Bijapur district of south Chhattisgarh, used to write for Deshbandhu newspaper of the State. Media reports say that Reddy was attacked by a group of Maoists with sharp weapons in broad daylight on December 6. Reddy was returning from Basaguda weekly market on that day, when he was allegedly attacked by the Maoist activists and he later succumbed to his injuries while on the way to the Bijapur hospital. Reddy, who was an active, honest and dedicated...